More... 3.3 Based on the different ways in which they affect the brain, psychoactive drugs can be divided into four main groups: depressants (e.g., alcohol and sedatives), stimulants (e.g., nicotine and ecstasy), opioids (e.g., morphine and heroin), and hallucinogens (e.g., PCP and LSD).
So is there any place in the United States an 18-year-old can escape the uniform 21-year-old drinking age? For a while, Louisiana was a safe haven for thirsty teens. To comply with the letter of the national drinking age law, the state passed a law that made it illegal to buy alcohol if you were under 21.
These states are: Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. The minimum drinking age is a state law, and most states still permit underage consumption of alcohol in some circumstances.he act was expressly upheld as constitutional in 1987 by the United States Supreme Court in South Dakota v. Dole. The United States is one of only five developed countries in the world that has a nationwide drinking age of over 18, with the other four being South Korea (19), Canada (19), Iceland (20), and Japan (20).